Sunday, July 10, 2011

Milk, Eggs, Bread AND .....

Hurry .... HURRY! We don't have time to dawdle, COME ON!!  Our list is really really long!!!! Racing up one aisle and down the next, shopping with preteen boys in tow is like herding cats. O.K., o.k., if you will  promise to stay in this department for 10 minutes and not cause a problem, I can get most of these things. PROMISE, boys!! "We're not babies, MOM." "I'll be right back."

"Would the mother of Brad, Josh and Cooper please come to aisle 17", blasted through the store giving her a start. Skidding to a stop "BOYS! What ARE you doing ??!!??" "Letting the tarantulas play together." "And the sign reads WHAT?" "But we didn't put our hands in the tank. We turned them over!"
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  1. Susan AndersonJuly 10, 2011 at 9:45 AM

    As the mother of three (now grown) boys, this one resonates!
    ;)

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  2. jeff campbellJuly 10, 2011 at 10:02 AM

    Very clever Mignonne ;-) Mothers shopping with boys...hmmm...akin to teeth pulling. Stores need to have day care areas...Peace and blessings

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  3. BECKYJuly 10, 2011 at 10:08 AM

    Wow! Tarantulas?? Ewwww!! Boys will be boys!! :)

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  4. Dazee DreamerJuly 10, 2011 at 10:10 AM

    The horror. Thank goodness I only had 2 boys. :)

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  5. JudieJuly 10, 2011 at 12:30 PM

    When my middle son was in grammar school, the class had pet day. Joey wanted to take our collie to pet day but I told him Mist was too big. We were having a joint dinner with our neighbors, and I had some live lobsters in the fridge. I took one out and put it on the floor and told Joey I had this pet he could take. He was horrified!!

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  6. Vinay Leo R.July 10, 2011 at 2:21 PM

    Hehehe! Clever sons. Followed the sign, yet got what they wanted :D

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  7. JoJuly 10, 2011 at 4:37 PM

    Eeeeks! shopping with three preteen boys would be scary enough ... then throw in those nasty spiders ... You set the scene very very well in this little tale ... i feel hurried and terrified at the same time.

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  8. Bargain Decorating with LaurieJuly 11, 2011 at 12:00 AM

    Fun-nee! Perfect description of shopping with preteens and perfect description of the type of response you would get from them! Great job. laurie

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  9. DeborahJuly 11, 2011 at 4:21 AM

    LOL .. I loved it! :o)

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  10. AmesJuly 11, 2011 at 11:01 AM

    I...hate....spiders! Shiver!!!! Boys can be such a handful. I know. I have 6 grandsons. Never a dull moment!~Ames

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  11. cj SchlottmanJuly 11, 2011 at 1:36 PM

    Herding cats, indeed! This is so visual I can see the boys in my minds eye, wreaking havoc. But, well, that's kinda their job, isn't it?

    Namaste..........cj

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  12. DaydreamerJuly 11, 2011 at 6:33 PM

    LOL Boys will be boys wherever they are.
    Thanks for the smile, clever use of the centus.
    Daydreamertoo.com I'm not on blogger and your settings don't permit me to leave my name as a link.

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  13. SharonJuly 16, 2011 at 12:48 PM

    Oh, gosh! That was a good one and so true to life!

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  14. JennyJuly 17, 2011 at 11:51 AM

    Yikes. I can feel the crawling sensation on my legs right now. Ewwww....spiders!

    Great use of the prompt. Sadly you made me visualize this all too well. I think I may need to call an exterminator now.

    Sigh.

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